Seminar in Sociology of Contemporary Institutions:† Urban Social Control

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Urban Studies 952-987-001

Urban Social Control

Class Meetings:† T 6:30 P.M
to 9:10 P.M. in Bolton 778b

Instructor:††††††††† Donald
E. Green

E-mail:††††††† †††††††dgreen@uwm.edu

Office:††††††††††††††† 706
Bolton Hall††††

Office Hours:††† TR 11:30
A.M. ‑12:30 P.M. or by appointment

Office Phone:†††† 229‑4259

Reflector Address:† soc927

Also see these web sites:

††† http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Sociology†
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††† http://www.uwm.edu/~dgreen†
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The Course:†
This course will provide an analysis of crime as a major urban
institution in the United States, with particular attention given to its
etiology and strategies of social control. Other selected topics that will be
considered include who defines what is criminal, how crime is measured, the
distribution of criminal behavior across various socio-demographic
characteristics of urban populations, and an assessment of the extent to which
gender and racial inequality exists in various criminal justice outcomes in
urban environments.

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Class Attendance:†
Class attendance is required.†
The seminar format of the course mandates that students attend class and
participate in class discussions.† Paper
presentations also will be required and are explained in more detail in the
following sections.††

Class Participation:†
Students are required to participate in class discussions based on the
assigned readings for each class meeting.†
In addition, each student will be required to lead the class discussion
(with the number of times dependent on the course enrollment).† Students will be evaluated based on the
preparation and content of the discussion.†

Research Paper:†
Students will be required to complete and present in class a research
paper focusing on a selected topic related to urban social control theory or
practice.† The paper should follow the
standard format of a statement of the problem, a review of the literature which
addresses the major theoretical and/or methodological issues related to the
topic, and a conclusion and/or discussion section that makes suggestions for
further theoretical and/or methodological development.

Grades:†
Course grades will be based on student performances on class
discussions, paper presentations and the research paper.